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Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH

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Patients Discharged <strong>from</strong> the ICU (%)<br />

ICU Length of Stay<br />

100<br />

reduced ICU stay by =4 days<br />

80<br />

60<br />

SAT+SBT (n=167)<br />

40<br />

SBT (n=168)<br />

20<br />

p=.01<br />

0<br />

0<br />

7<br />

14 21 28<br />

Days<br />

Girard TD, et al. Lancet 2008;371:126-34

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